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[Carl Leitner <litlfred@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,
Just to clarify, what we are using for DATIM / CSD / mHero / etc. is XML import/export web interface that can be accessed here:
  https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-importexport/dxf2MetaDataExport.action <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-importexport/dxf2MetaDataExport.action>
as well as the metadata API:
  http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s06.html <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s06.html>
(which I am assuming the web interface is using).

What we are not using (nor planning on using) is the xml import/export for the individual objects (e.g. under https://play.dhis2.org/dev/api/dataElements/ <https://play.dhis2.org/dev/api/dataElements/>), so as long as support for the main metadata endpoint is retained, we should be OK.

Thanks!

Cheers,
-carl



> On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Carl Leitner <litlfred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> For the CSD and DATIM work, we are highly dependent on the XML representation of the metadata.
> Cheers,
> -carl 
>> On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> xml metadata (specifically for orgunits) is being used in Rwanda.
>> 
>> Technically it could be changed to use json, but some work would be
>> required.  There is an xslt which is applied to the metadata to strip
>> some stuff as I recall.
>> 
>> On 17 December 2015 at 16:29, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I wanted to get an idea of to which degree people use the XML representation
>>> of meta-data in Web API.
>>> 
>>> We see that maintaining XML support for meta-data is getting increasingly
>>> costly and complicated, and is slowing down the development. Most Web apps
>>> today use the JSON representation, and increasingly integration between
>>> systems are using JSON or even CSV.
>>> 
>>> Would it be acceptable to remove support for XML for meta-data around 2.24
>>> for July next year?
>>> 
>>> With metadata I refer to resources such as data elements, data sets and org
>>> units. We will not remove support for XML for data values (data value sets).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> regards,
>>> 
>>> Lars
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Lars Helge Øverland
>>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>>> University of Oslo
>>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
>>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>> 
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